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Even by the standards of Donald Trump's presidency, this week has been extraordinarily chaotic and, more importantly, disastrous for the President's agenda. Just hours before Senate Republicans failed to choke the life out of the health care program known as Obamacare - a top domestic priority for the administration - the entire Senate, Democrats and Republicans, voted on imposing new Russia sanctions, effectively tying the President's hands on dealing with that country.
President Donald Trump's decision to replace Reince Priebus as chief of staff deepened the concerns of some Republican state party officials over the direction of the White House. "Reince gave his heart and soul to the administration," he said.
House Republicans are intensifying their effort to have the Justice Department investigate Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, as they're seeking the same sort of special counsel probe President Donald Trump's campaign is now enduring. House Judiciary Committee Republicans detailed in a seven page letter to Justice a request for a special counsel to investigate "actions taken" by Clinton, former FBI Director James Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
President Donald Trump traveled to Long Island Friday to discuss efforts to combat the violent MS-13 gang, telling law enforcement "don't be too nice" and warning immigrant criminals he is seeking to deport them. "Together we're going to restore safety to our streets and peace to our communities and we're going to destroy the vile, criminal cartel MS-13 and many other gangs," Trump said.
The top homeland security Republican in the House unveiled a border security bill Friday that would codify President Donald Trump's border wall, boost resources for Border Patrol and authorize the National Guard and Defense Department to provide support to those efforts. The Border Security for America Act by Texas Rep. Mike McCaul is a scaled back version of a bill that McCaul had been working on with fellow Texan Republican Sen. John Cornyn, as CNN first reported.
The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded Friday that the United States cut its diplomatic staff in Russia and said it would seize two US diplomatic properties in a sharp response to a new sanctions bill the US Congress passed a day earlier. The order -- which affects the US Embassy in Moscow and consulates in St Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok -- would reduce US diplomatic and technical staff to 455, the same number Russia has in the United States, by September 1. Russia also is suspending the use of a US storage facility in Moscow and a country house, or dacha, outside Moscow by Tuesday.
CNN host and Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria penned an op-ed Thursday arguing that America is "becoming irrelevant" to the rest of the world under President Trump . "The world has gone through bouts of anti-Americanism before.
The first question any viewer is going to ask about the cable network USA's new crime drama The Sinner is, "How are they possibly going to string this thing out for eight episodes?" A murder is committed, its perpetrator captured, and her voluntary and unambiguous confession obtained, all in the first five minutes.
A Twitter feud broke out July 24 between President Donald Trump and Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, with the president calling Schiff sleazy and Schiff responding that "your comments and actions are beneath the dignity of the office." "Sleazy Adam Schiff, the totally biased congressman looking into 'Russia,' spends all of his time on television pushing the Dem loss excuse!" the president tweeted in the morning.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he hopes his efforts to fight gang violence will help mend fences with President Donald Trump after a series of public rebukes by Trump. Sessions says the anti-gang effort is one of many issues on which he and the president share a commitment.
More than 100 prominent conservatives have signed a letter backing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has been under fire by President Donald Trump. "We support Attorney General Jeff Sessions and believe he is the right man, and the best man, to lead the Justice Department at this time," the letter said.
Trumpeting his administration's crackdown on illegal immigration and violent crime, President Donald Trump is traveling to Long Island to urge Congress to dedicate more funding to the fight. Trump is set to speak Friday afternoon at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood, New York, close to where the ultra-violent street gang MS-13 has committed a string of gruesome murders, including the massacre of four young men in April in a Central Islip park.
Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, is pursued by reporters early today after casting a "no" vote on a measure to repeal parts of former President Barack Obama's health care law, on Capitol Hill in Washington. [CLIFF OWEN/ASSOCIATED PRESS] Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, is pursued by reporters early today after casting a "no" vote on a measure to repeal parts of former President Barack Obama's health care law, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Parents jump to their deaths 'because they can't afford health care': Husband and wife in their fifties leap from 16-floor Manhattan office building leaving their children behind inside The Mooch will survive expletive-filled rant about 'f***ing paranoid schizophrenic' Priebus and 'sucks his own c**k' Bannon: White House insiders describe incident as a bump in the road for Trump's friend 'Justice has never advanced by taking a human life': Murderer condemns the death sentence with his last words as he is executed after a last meal of peppered steak for killing his drug dealer Religious people 'cling to certain beliefs' even when they contradict evidence because they are overly emotional and irrational, study claims 'It was a joke': Tiffany Haddish walks back comment about wanting to work with Bill Cosby when she said she would 'drink the juice...and take a nap' The black woman 'who is ... (more)
White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci speaks to members of the media at the White House in Washington, July 25, 2017. President Donald Trump's new communications director ignited the smoldering tensions at the White House into a full-fledged conflagration Thursday, angrily daring Trump's chief of staff to deny he's a "leaker" and exposing West Wing backstabbing in language more suitable to a mobster movie than a seat of presidential stability.
Sean Spicer endured all manner of humiliation as Donald Trump's press secretary. But when Trump hired Anthony Scaramucci on Friday, Spicer quit immediately.
Russia's Foreign Ministry on Friday ordered a reduction in the number of U.S. diplomats in Russia and said it was closing down a U.S. recreation retreat in response to fresh sanctions against Russia. The U.S. Senate approved a new package of stiff financial sanctions Friday against Russia, Iran and North Korea and sent it to President Donald Trump to sign.
Dealing a serious blow to President Donald Trump's agenda, the Senate early Friday rejected a measure to repeal parts of former President Barack Obama's health care law after a night of high suspense in the U.S. Capitol. Unable to pass even a so-called "skinny repeal," it was unclear if Senate Republicans could advance any health bill despite seven years of promises to repeal "Obamacare."
The Republicans have no one to blame but themselves. In control of Congress and the White House, the party suffered a major defeat early this morning in its effort to roll back Obamacare, falling one vote short. John McCain went from hero to spoiler, after his dramatic return to Washington following a brain cancer diagnosis salvaged the bill by giving Republicans enough support to get the measure to the floor.
Dealing a serious blow to President Donald Trump's agenda, the Senate early Friday rejected a measure to repeal parts of former President Barack Obama's health care law after a night of high suspense in the U.S. Capitol. Unable to pass even a so-called "skinny repeal," it was unclear if Senate Republicans could advance any health bill despite seven years of promises to repeal "Obamacare."